NSA Leaker Denies Any Links to China

By

Devlin Barrett

Updated June 17, 2013 8:56 p.m. ET

Edward Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor behind recent revelations about secret government surveillance programs, denied Monday he has ties to the Chinese government and said his disclosures were motivated by disappointment in President Barack Obama.

Mr. Snowden, who is believed to be in Hong Kong, answered questions posed by readers at the website of the Guardian, the British newspaper that has published stories on his disclosures. He said he came forward because of what he viewed as the Obama...